Illegible Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South of the Nave of the Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 March 1988. Chest tomb.
Illegible Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South of the Nave of the Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- sunken-gateway-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 March 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SY 172 964
- Coordinates
- 50.76168, -3.17477
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an illegible chest tomb located approximately 6 metres south of the nave of the Church of St Michael. It dates from the late 18th century to early 19th century and is made of Beerstone ashlar. The tomb has a rectangular shape, with its plinth buried. The lid features a low ridge and soffit-moulded edges. On the north side, there are two rectangular fielded panels, both inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, though the inscriptions are worn and difficult to read. The lid also has some old graffiti, including a drawing made around the sole of a shoe.
Local climate
Illegible Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South of the Nave of the Church of St Michael receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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